Improvement in raisin-seeder



H. G. PISKE. RAISIN SEEDER.

Patented Aug. 16, 1870.

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WITNESSESZ FlOHIH INVENT S waited $111M p M13111 chitin.-

HEN RY G. FISKE, OF SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNO-R TO GEORGE L.TAYLOR AND DWIGHT'HOLLAND, OF SAME PLACE.

Letters Patent No. 106,350, dated Augustlti, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN RAISIN-SBEDER The Schedule referred to in these LettersPatent 'and making-part ol the lam I, HENRY G. FISKE, of Springfield,Hampden county, Massachusetts, have {nvented an Improved Raisin-Seeder,of which the 'ollowiug is a practical description, reference being hadto the accompanying drawing making a part of this specification,wherem-- Figure 1 is a sectional side elevation of my invention Figure2, a plan of the flame, all other parts being detached therefrom; and

, Figure 3, a .plan of the bed, the same being detached from the flame.and showing the elastic clear ers.

My invention consists- Fi|st,-in combining agangof needles or pointedbodies with a. set of elastic cleareis, the latter being so arranged andconnected with the bed that, it a raisin he placed on such bed, thesharp ends of the needles may,by a single motion, be forced through suchaisin, carrying the seeds therefrom, on t-heir'points, below theclearers, to be thence removed by such clearers on withdrawing theneedles; and

Second, in the particular device, hercin set forth, for eflecting thecombination of such needles and clearers, the object thereofbeing toprovide simple and eflicient means for removing the seeds from raisinsor other similar fruit.

In the accompanying drawing,

The part marked A represents the frame of my device, provided at thebase with a recess, B, and thumbserew, G, for attaching the same to atable or other relatively stationary body.

D D are eyes, through which plays the spindle-E. Projecting from suchspindle is ahead, F, provided with agang of closelyamanged needles, G.

H is apertoratcd aim of frame A, and serves as a shield to theneedle-points when at rest, and as a clearer .to remove the raisin fromthe needlesat their backward stroke.

1 is the bed, perforated for the passage of the peedies, and attached tothe frame A a little below the arm H. v

M M are the elastic clearers, formed-of small coiled wires, and soattached to the bed I as to leave the ends of such wiles projectingconvergently across the perforation of such bed.

N is a spiral spring, surrounding spindle E, and serving to raise thesame assoon as depressing power is removed therefrom. I j

0 is a flange projecting from spindle E, and prevents such spindlesturning in the eyes D D.

P is the knob on top of spindle .E,,to which the band is applied todepress the needles.

The. device is operated by placing a raisin on the bed I, and depressingthe needles G once or more, as-

maybe found necessary for completelyrelnoving the seeds.

It is obvious that the elastic clearers'need not be of the precise formor arrangement herein pointed out, but that they are the same in.principle, and equally of my invention, so long as they allow thepassage of a gang of needles carrying the raisin-seeds on their points,to be thence removed on withdrawing the needles; and, further, that anyconvenient spring maybe used instead of spiral N; that-spindie E may bekept from turning by making the same square or otherwise angular; andthat, by lengthening frame A',

the needles G may be brought directly under and in line with spindle E.

Thus, having described my'improved' raisin-seeder, What I claim as myinvention is- 1. lhegang of. needles'G, in combination with the elasticclearers M M, substantially as specified. p

2. The frame A, spindle E, needles G, bed I,cicarers M M, and spring N,all arraiiged, combined, and

operating substantially as herein specified. HENRY G. FISKE. Witnesses:

SIDNEY SANDERS, E. H. Ewsnn.

